Exciting WebPageTest Scripting - WebPerf Meetup Hamburg, 20230323

In this session, we'll dive into interesting features of WebPagetest scripting applicable to all its flavors. Learn to establish a stable baseline, keep taps on 3rd parties, run A/B comparisons and test specific interactions of the user journey.

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This version of this talk was given at the Hamburg Web Performance Meetup Group at baqend on March 23rd 2023. See https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/hamburg-web-performance-group/events/291206321/

Transcript

1. Exciting WebPagetest Scripting Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 mail@tobias-baldauf.de mail@tobias-baldauf.de - - @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de 1/30 1/30
2. Tobias Baldauf Web since 1999 Perf since 2011 at DECIX, Akamai & trivago Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 mail@tobias-baldauf.de mail@tobias-baldauf.de - - @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de 2/30 2/30
3. Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 mail@tobias-baldauf.de mail@tobias-baldauf.de - - @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de 3/30 3/30
4. Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 mail@tobias-baldauf.de mail@tobias-baldauf.de - - @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de 4/30 4/30
5. Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 mail@tobias-baldauf.de mail@tobias-baldauf.de - - @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de 5/30 5/30
6. Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 mail@tobias-baldauf.de mail@tobias-baldauf.de - - @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de 6/30 6/30
7. Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 mail@tobias-baldauf.de mail@tobias-baldauf.de - - @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de 7/30 7/30
8. How To Run It 8/30 8/30 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 mail@tobias-baldauf.de mail@tobias-baldauf.de - - @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de
9. Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 mail@tobias-baldauf.de mail@tobias-baldauf.de - - @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de 9/30 9/30
10. Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 * * https://calendar.perfplanet.com/2016/measuring-webpagetest-precision/ https://calendar.perfplanet.com/2016/measuring-webpagetest-precision/ 10/30 10/30
11. Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 mail@tobias-baldauf.de mail@tobias-baldauf.de - - @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de 11/30 11/30
12. Stable Baseline 12/30 12/30 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 mail@tobias-baldauf.de mail@tobias-baldauf.de - - @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de
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21. LCPs & Viewports 21/30 21/30 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 mail@tobias-baldauf.de mail@tobias-baldauf.de - - @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de
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23. Lazy Loading 23/30 23/30 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 mail@tobias-baldauf.de mail@tobias-baldauf.de - - @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de
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25. Toggling A/B Tests 25/30 25/30 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 mail@tobias-baldauf.de mail@tobias-baldauf.de - - @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de
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27. SPA Soft Navigations 27/30 27/30 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 mail@tobias-baldauf.de mail@tobias-baldauf.de - - @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de
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29. Some Light Reading WPT Scripting Docs Book: Using WebPageTest Matt Hobbs on WPT Robin's Post on selfhosting WPT Speedcurve & Catchpoint baqend's WebPerf Blog 29/30 29/30 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 Exciting WebPagetest Scripting - WebPerfHH 20230323 mail@tobias-baldauf.de mail@tobias-baldauf.de - - @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de @tbaldauf@social.tchncs.de